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IS 15641-1 (2006): Natural Gas - Determination of Water by

the karl fischer method, Part 1: Introduction [PCD 3:
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Indian Standard
NATURAL GAS — DETERMINATION OF WATER
BY THE KARL FISCHER METHOD
PART 1 lNTROD~CTION

ICS 75.060

0 BIS 2006
BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS
MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002

January 2006
Price Group 2
Petroleum, Lubricants and Their Related Products Sectional Committee, PCD 3

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (Part 1) which is identical with ISO 10101-1:1993 ‘Natural gas — Determination
of water by the Karl Fischer method — Part 1 : Introduction’ issued by the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the
Petroleum, Lubricants and Their Related Products Sectional Committee and approval of the
Petroleum,Coal and Related Products Division Council.

The text of ISO Standard has been approv.ed as s-uitable for publication as-an Indian Standard without
deviations. Certain conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention
is particularly d~awn to the following:

a) Wherever the words ‘International Standard’ appear referring to this standard, they should
be read as ‘Indian Standard’.

b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current
practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.

The technical committee responsible for the preparation of this standard has reviewed the provisions
of the following International Standards and has decided that they are acceptable for use in conjunction
with this standard:

International Standard Title

ISO 6712:1982 Gas analysis — Sampling and transfer equipment for gases supplying
an analytical unit

Iso 10101-2:1993 Natural gas — Determination of water by the Karl Fischer method’-
Part 2: Titration procedure

LSo 10101-3:1993 Natural gas — Determination of water by the Karl Fischer method -
Part 3: Coulometric procedure

In reporting the results of a test or analysis made ir, accordance with this standard, if the final value,
observed or calculated, is to be rounded off, it shall be done in accordance with IS 2:1960 ‘Rules for
rounding off numerical values (revised)’.
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1s0 10101-1:1993

Indian Standard
NATURAL GAS — DETERMINATION OF WATER
BY THE KARL FISCHER METHOD
PART 1 INTRODUCTION

WARNING — Local-safety regulations must be taken into account, when the equipment is located
in hazardous areas. Due to the toxicity and odour of pyridine, the user should ensure that there is
adequate ventilation.

1 Scope 3 Principle

This part of 1S0 10101 specifies general requirements Reaction of water present in the test sample with
for the determination of water in natural gas using the iodine and sulfur-dioxide in a pyridine/methanol’ mix-
Karl Fischer method. ISO 10101-2 and ISO 10101-3 ture (Karl Fischer reagent).
specify two individual methods of determination, a
titration procedure and a coulometric procedure, re- 3.1 Principle of the first-method
spectively.
(1s0 10101-2)

A measured volume of gas is passed through a cell

containing a relatively small volume of absorbent sol-
2 Normative references ution. Water in the gas is dissolved in the absorbent
solution and subsequently titrated with Karl Fischer
The followina standards contain movisions which, reagent, the endpoint being detected voltametrically.
through refer;nce in this text, constitute provisions
of this part of ISO 10101. At the time of publication,
the editions indicated were valid. All standards are 3.2 Principle of the second method
subject to revision, and parties to agreements based (1s010101-3)
on this part of ISO 10101 are encouraged to investi-
gate the possibility of applying the most recent edi- A measured volume of gas is passed through a cell
tions of the standards indicated below. Members of containing anhydrous, previously titrated, anodic sol-
IEC and ISO maintain registers of currently valid ution. The iodine required for the titration of the dis-
International Standards. solved water is coulometriially produced from the
iodide present in the solution by the reaction
ISO 6712:1982, Gas arra/ysis — Sampling and transfer
21- + 12+2e-
equipment for gases supplying an analytical unit.

1S0 10101-2:1993, Natural gas — Determination of

4 Reactions and interferences
water by the Karl Fischer method — Part 2.” Titration
procedure,

ISO 10101-3:1993, Natura/ gas — Determination of CH~OH + S02+ R3N~

water by the Karl Fischer method — Part 3:
Coulometric procedure. [R3NH]S03CH3
 IS 15641 (Part 1) :2006
1s0 10101-1:1993

H20 + 12+ [R3NH]S03CH3 + 2R3N-+ ter at 273,15 K (O “C) and

101,325 kPa (1 atm);
[R3NH]S04CH3+”2 [R3NH]I
.
Q(Sas H2S) is the measured sulfur as hydrogen
NOTE 1 Methanol may be replaced by 2-methoxyethanol sulfide, in milligrams per cubic meter
(ethylene glycol monomethylether) and pyridine (R3N) may at 273,15 K (O “C) and 101,325 kPa
be replaced by any other suitable basic nitrogen compound. (1 atm);

Various gas components react with the Karl Fischer Q(S as 17SH) is the measured sulfur as mer-
reagent and can give rise to erroneous results. Such captans in the gas, in milligrams per
components are oxidizing and reducing agents, e.g. cubic meter at 273,15 K (O “C) and
hydrogen sulfide, mercaptans and certain basic 101,325 kPa (1 atm).
nitrogenous substances.
At higher contents of H2S and RSH this method is not
Hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans are present in some applicable.
natural gases. If their concentration is less than 20 YO
of the water content, interference due to their pres- NOTE 2 The sulfur present as hydrogen sulfide and mer-
ence shall be corrected as follows: captans can be determined by potentiometric titration (see
1S0 6362-3) or by any other suitable method.
9Q(S as H2S)
dH20), = dHJV - ,~
5 Sampling
9Q(S as RSH)
Carry out sampling according to the general sampling
32
guidelines given in ISO 6712. During sampling, ensure
where that the temperature of the gas stream is above the
dew-point temperature. If necessary the sampling
e(H20)a is the actual water content, in milli- equipment should be heated.
grams per cubic meter at 273,15 K
(O “Cj and 101,325 kPa (1 atm); All parts in contact with the gas shall be of steel or
glass. The ends of pipes shall fit securely together and
@i20) is the observed or measured water ~he connecting ~eces shall be made _&f fluoro-
content, in milligrams per cubic me- elastomers.
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2
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1s0 1-0101-1:1993

Annex A
(informative)

Bibliography

[1] ISO 760:1978, Determination of water — Karl von Flussigkeiten und festen Korpern.
Fischer method (General method). Angewandte Chemie 46 (1935), 26, p, 394.

[2] ISO 6326-3:1989, Natural gas — Determination [4] KAESLER,H. Direkte Bestimmung des Wasser-
of sulfur compounds — Part 3: Determination gehaltes in Gasen nach Karl Fischer.
of hydrogen su/fide, mercaptan sulfur and 3, pp, 125-131.
gwf-ga.sjerdgas 125 (1984),
carbonyl sulfide sulfur by potentiometry.
[5] SCHOLZ, E. Karl Fischer Titration, Methoden zur
[31 FISCHER, K. Neues Verfahren zur mas.s- Wasserbestimmung. Springer-verslag, Berlin,
analytischen Bestimmung des Wassergehaltes Heidelberg, 1984.
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